The Sun. — London, England, 1808-09-06 00:00:00

I SPANISH PAPERS. IVIALFESTO OF AUGUST .12Set After so Many _days of pain and affliaion, the period has at length aitivbtl_which t could expep from the ; .' firmness and .valour with which you have defended this illUstfious capital... klaving witnessed the shameful flight - of the French slaves, who have abandoned - the artillery, ammunition, and provi sions, which . their detestabletapacity had heaped up, 1 6f us now pet:for:in our. principal duly, and offer up thanks to. the Omnipotent, who has inflicted con dign punishment ors those wretched soldiers who profane the Temples, outrage the eacred images,of the Divinity, and are such strangers to morality, that t hey are not worthy to have any intercourse with the r est of 'mankind. Let us leave their Emperor to the remorses.and affliction which are the iot of ti le wicked, and, beseech the Most High, that he 11 ) 4 Y vouchsafe to bless again our arms, that the t wo Attnies which are in pursuit of the fugitiVe hers may complete their destruetion. L " The fields of .S'aragossa, its gates, and even its streets, are stained with. the blood of 8,000 French xlen, who havi'paid, with their lives, for the teme lity of their Chief. This is the fruit which they !lite reaped from their entrance into Arragon. All tlrope, nay the,Univese, will hear with horror; the detestable names - of their Generals,`LE FEavat and VER'DIEtti who, 'untnindfUL of the good treatment Ahe 'drench prisoners and all the natives of trance eititilenced in .Atraton, hive committed the ‘iinlost atrucitieS. They Yety justly appreciated the difference between the system of an ambJious and treacherous Government, and that of a nation which cements its felicity by the fairest prineiples of justice, and considers not 4t real enemies those Who tool*. no Share in the condua of their Government. 'I France will long deplore the calamities.which t he wat with Spain has prepared for her, and cannot fe eollea,witlititit the deepest Sense of shame the iteana `iinployeti td carry it on. " Hifsbaucuen, artizans, orphans, aged, and• re. ligious petidns; 7 6 , N ,llO have been reduced to ini4 7 gene and misery in COnsequence of your fields being tired, yoUr houses destroyed, and your property, which, however small, constituted your whole for tunei and ail your comforts robbed by the French-- 6 easy: you have the good fortune of living in arid your's is the glory to haVe defend the 'capital of Arragon, whereby our enemy 'as preven'led from deibl'ating the rest of thi!i tifut Provike. You bOre up with resignation ou tlet your sufferings, and - disregarded your private ter( es s, in order to proniote the general good. i cannot look with indifference on deeds of he= ioistti like your's, nor omit any opportunity of pro eLlting-YOU relief: I 14. re very particularly charged the Intenda'nt General of the Kingabrii; D. LotteNzo kALBO, as Soon al, the, most pressing occupations of the present period shall permit it, w relieve your ' v lthts by every tileaus. in his power; and I depend 6 4 the generoUs-feelings of all SpaniardS, and on the liberal sentiments of odr beloved King, that all pos 7 eible etertion *ill be Made to indemnify you for Your sutrerings and losses. " PA LA r 0 X." nead-quancis, Saragossa, A tig. 13, 1808." . .- . ' r 13 iRcELotiA, AUG. B.—To supply the present nteessitiet, and provide for the army which has been raised and organized in this Province, the Supreme lately has ord e r e d, th a t the estates situated in it, aPPertaining to bon MN AUEL GObOt, Ehall the be Sole b Public adatiOn, or let out at a rent. Thus i nuni nie property and riches acquired at the exPnce, a n d t i _. y the sacrifices, of the . Nation, by The most foolish and ambitious of men, will ultimately be rendered useful to it. VIANA (IN PORTUGAL), Atm B.—The English Who have lauded.- in Figuera, together with the Spanish and Portuguese, compose at army of 100,000 teen, which on the mth or 18th inst. will attack Lisbon. OVIZDO, AUG. 22.----The Capta;:n of a Merchant \r e-Esti which arrived at Gijon from Plencia; the day before yesterday, has asserted on oath, that the French, to the number of frdtn 7 to 8000 melt, en tered Bilboa on the 16th, with the loss of about 2000 Inen from the resistance they met with : the people of Bil boa seei ng them s el ves w ith ou t succo u r , a dd lm°s t Wit hout arms, capitulated; on oritlitiotis that they should receive no injury either in their persons or property. But the French troops, habituated to . feroc,:ty and licentiousness, when they entered the town, plundered and set fire to it, and killed se veral persons. They had not left the place on the, 19 th, and we do not yet know all the excesses they hav e committed.. These armies, which we treated with so much kindness, have every where left dread ful proofs that they are the enemies of the human race, and have substituted every crime for the laws of nations and the sentiments of humanity., France can any longer tolerate . such monsters, she' ought to be,!blotted out from the list ,of Ci v ili ze d Nations. We cannot see with indifference a. paper which has been publicly circulated within these few days. !t purports to be printed InArld; and edntaina a . . • letter frOrn a person stippOsed to be resident in `Paris, to his friend in Spain, in v. - hich he asserts; • • • •„ 'that FKADINAND VII. has been proclaiinea there, • &c. We, however, are far from giving the least credit to the assertion, but believe it to be Utterly false; and we Can have no doubt that such papers .are introdUced into, and dispersed in Spain, by our enemies, only to disarm the Nation and extinguish the glorious spirit by which it is animated, by making it suppose that its wishes are fulfilled. In like man ner the Gazettes of Madrid, when udder the French controul, disfigured facts, and pUbliihed the most loll:indent falsehoods; and in like manner the Ca binet of St Cloud erideaitours to persuade the rest of Europe, and the French themselves, that Jo saPsi NArotzoir and his army left Madrid froth fear of 'a contageous fetor; and retired to Burgos, as a more healthy country Whereai it was the burn ing fever of the invincible at - Mies of Arragon, An 7 dalutia; Valeticia, arid of all Spain; which made them fly froth thecapital, and which will force theni to fly from BtirgOs", and beyond the Pyrenees. No; Spaniards will not sutler themselves to be deceived by false intelligence, or the treacherous promises of the Cabinet of Paris. „ ADDRESS tO THE ARMY. . , ARRAG ,, NESE SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND SARA. , GOSSA.--II IS now two months that the French. Armies, styled invincible, have besieged this capital, and,used all means whicit cruelty and v illainy could suggest to distins it - . Not satisfied with robbing the most sacred things, burning the crops in the murdering innocent and defenceless persons, and violating in the most scanclaionS manner all wo. Men whom chance or MiSlOitUlIC threw in their way, they have throaAt upwards of five thousand bombs and "shells into the town, atiac ked se oral times with the utmost fury all points ot defence and batteries, and have not allowed us one stngie da) or night's rest.. You have known how to resist every where ; your bravery, your firmness, the sacred en.. thusiasm inspired by rcligioo and your native land,' niade you forget all ideas of repose, and prefer death to the humiliation of • the Spanish name. Your wives, whose admirable valour has exalted them far above the most glorious deeds recorded in history, daring the most sanguinary contests, have appeared amongst you to animate your courage, and to ad minister to you provisions and aid. All Europe ad mires the defence made by Saragossa. The whole Spanish nation offers up prayers to the Most High in your favour, and when it shall be blown that ail the calamities experienced by this town, the destruc tion of many houses, and the robberies committed by the vile slave's of BUONAPARTE, have not been able to extort one single tear or complaint, posterity will perhaps incline to question a heroism so great and exalted ; but the -mennoty of so many officers of merit, of .so many heroes, but lately peasants, and now solders, whose names shall be published in more peaceful times, must at all times live in the bo som of your grateful country. Soldiers, our tate is now decided—our triumph is sure ; complete the work you have so well commenced ; let not one escape of those treacherous destroyers of the peace of the human kind. • The valiant Spanish armies, accustomed to conquer, are hastening to you!' assist ance; be prepared, and when the moment shall at rive that you are called out, which may soon hap pen, assemble with alacrity, pay implicit obedience to your Chiefs, and complete the extermination of the'FretiCh army, which has so ill concluded itself in Spain. JOSEPH DE PALAFOX Y 11/NLEI. Head-quarters, Saragossa, Aug. 13, 1803. VILLANUEVA; JULY 23.—Here, as in every other part of this prinCipaiiity, we are in the highest spi rits, in consequence of the repeated successes we have obtained over the French, whom we have con tinually defeated in every engagement we have had with them, and with great loss on their side, not withstanding their army . has been reinforced with six thonsand men. Yesterday the Marquis DE PA LACIO); the General in Chief of the army, which we expect from Mahon, entered Tarragona, with his whole Staff I and to-day five thousand men will be disenibarked, which, when added to our brave Catalonians; will form an army of 50,000 „. men. We believe that there are not in Barcelona more than 1,500 French troops, as the remaining 5,000 haVe left that city with an intention to attack Ge rona,Windt they find it very difficult to approach, oft account of the obstacles in the toads, which the inhabitants; being aware of their de:Sign in time, bii.e cut up. At - the sight of snob uhexpeeled dif ficulties, they reiolted td take post on the Side of Mataro. The city of Tortola is in the best state of defence, the forts, walls, arid the banks of the river are lined with cannon. The Catholic inhabitants of Gerbna, knowing that the memorable defence of that City; and the VidGry gained over the French army, has been more a miraculous effect of the powerful intercession of their illustrious Patron, St. NARCISSUS ; than their own natural strength or he roism, haVe resolved to give a public and religious testimony of their eternal gratitude to their glorious protector, by appointing him, in all form, and with the greatest soletrinity, Generalissimo of their troops, and placing on his body the military en signs suitable to that office.—(oiiiedo Gatettt , , ilugust 24.). PORTUGUESE PAPERS. COIMBRA, AtrotysT 23.—The following is an ex tratt of a Letter from Obidos, dated the 2lst in stant : The English army, consisting of )7,000 men, •began•their march for Caldas on the 14th instant. The French were no sooner informed of their ap proach, than they precipitately retired from Aljnbar- I.ota to Obidos, without firing a single shot. On Monday, the 15th, the English, on entering Obi-. dos, were attacked in the evening by the French advanced guard, who nevertheless speedily fled to join tho army under the command of Tuommts, f, • . and bit titadnti, fictzlted 'at the diStance of a league from that town, at nolisia; and tdlutnheira.• " Heke.a, most obstinate en o aagement .took place on,the irt,h ; . .,atidnotwiths(anding the enemy's ad, vantag i reoltS positions on the summits of the neigh 7 boOring Mountains,. the English carried every thing before them, and attacking the French .with their artilleit, they t ompelled them to fly in dist - nay sand, pursued them as far as Cruz da MiSeracordia, situat ed beyond the village of Zambujeira. The chasi sours of Oporto were engaged in this glorious act tion, and accompanied the English iide corps in their advance to the,,heights of Moutanlil; which ate cb. tered with a very , thick brush-wood. The - engagement 'lasted from eight • in the Moinlng until five in the ,afternoon ; the fury ma 7 nitbsted on both sides eiceeded all description. But victory declared for t)ii, and the French fled; di retting their retreat towards Torres 7 Vedras. 'Ds LsaoangWas badly lkounded in the „neck. The Frehch had 1500 killed, and we have 300 of their • wounded in our hospitals. " On ThUrsday, the 18th, a number of persons met, on the'road between Bellas and Torres;Vedras, 64 carts tilled with wounded 'soldiers, going to 'Lis bon, and saw a great number Of dead bodiei 'bi• the way. , • " In the hospitals ofCaldai and cibidOS thero are file Portuguese wounded, and bet Ween Igreja and ROIiSS3 oily a single dead body has, been found.— The 'English have in our hospitals 360 wounded their Joss in killed was . from 15U to 200. " On the 1 B . th, the Portuguese army rtiarCheil from Leira towards Caldas, where thbk arrived on the igth, making a very brilliant appearance ; and jtsterday they arrived from thence at Obidos. " The English have advanced as far as Loarin heia; where they still continued yesterday ; a bod::: of 7000 men were landed at Painogo, joined them near 1 ) .-tche,.and they expeCt 14,000 more. On the t9th, the French ,passed through Par 'moniz, about three leagues on this side ot . the Serra de Montt-, on their march to Torres Vedras, where .they arrived the "same night. They plundered and cottimltted every kind of outrage oh their, March: in this first action, the French had about' 5000 troops. _ _ " jukor marched out to meet us from Lisbon on the 16th, at the head of several thousand men. He issued a Pkoclatuation to intern) the inhabitants of Lisbon, that he was going to chastise the rebels, whom he described as being armed' with bludgeons, with the exception of a small number of arms, fur nished by a few English who had joined them, and that he would return in three days.' He 14m• ed a junction with Lotsok, TiroNitiles, Sze. at Torres and Serra-de-Monte-Junto, ,being unaware of the number of the English troops, and disco vet ing his mistake only when he saw them in the field of battle: " Another engagement took place this day at Torres, the noise of the firing ha% lug been - heard in that direation, but no account" has %et reached us of the result. It is said that jhe English are surround ing the French at Torres, where the final decision will take place. . , " At Lisbon there are left only a few soldiers to . guard the city. _ . " Peniche is about to be attacked. The Frencl) General yesterday sent away, from it' All the Portu-, guese who chose to go ; and more than Go t-tiii%-ry men have joined the PortUguese army. A consi derable number of the PoliZe Guard have also fled from Lisbon. • " General BAcEtrAa set out from ~A.brantes for Santarem, and thence . for Rio Maier, in order - to join the Portuguese. army._ The instant LotSoN'was informed that: he was in his vicinity he made a pre cipitate retreat to Muge, where he formed.a junction with JUNOT. The French have fled froM St.,Ube's, ; after spiking the guns and throwing the powder and ballinto the sea. " Lotsoig was on the tith at Alcoentre, where he performed his usual military 'bravadoes ;' for it is in this diameter only that he has figured in Portugal. His exploits have consisted only in plundering and massacring a disarmed population, and in shameyly flying from every place where he expeeted any re sistance, or to which any force was approaching. " JuNotpays for nothing in the villages he passes through. The Portuguese army is abundantly pro vided with every thing, and the English carry along with them 600 waggons, .loaded with' provisions of all kinds. They punelually pay for every thing they want, even for the water brought to them.—What a noble contrast !" The following is the copy of a Letter addressed to his Excellency the Governor of Coimbra ; " The English have attacked the French in the formidable position of Colutubeira, and totally rout ed them. This was on the 17th. ' The enemy con sisted of 3000 'men, under the command of DE LABORDE. But the decisive ataion took place this day. " The French, t the number of between 11 and 12,000, commanded by JUNTOT, and all the rest of their Generals, advanced to attack the English at the village of Vimeira. The.evemy were totally defeat ed, With the loss of their artillery, and an immense number of killed. Tttomir.W3, and 800 men, were said to have been made prisoners. " The French troops in POttugal were more nu merous than we imagined. In the course of our march to-mofrow, we shall have an opportunity of seeing both the fields of adion. The first is. about a league, the other three leagues, from this place. Until then I shall nett be able to give you the details of both engagements. " 1 am, with the greatest respea, &c. " FRANCISCO SOARES FRANCO." " Obidos, Aug. 2t, OM, eleven o'clock at night." Letters from Figuera positively state, that the English army, which began to disembark there last Friday, were again brubarkin, with the intention Of proceeding to some other. part of the coast more to the southward. o)ll , BitA,. AUG, 22.—0 n the 17th, ISEDORO AN TONIO DO AMAItAt. SEMBLANO, the Judge at Fora de Serta, placed himself at the head of 400 troops, and being joined by from 60 to 80 peasants, under the command of two gallant and enthusiastic Clergy men, he attacked the Castle of Abrantes, and Made himself master of it, after an hour and a halls fighting, in which the French had 30 men killed.— The survivors, consisting of 1 I I, were marched pri soners to Sena, where they arriyed on the lgth, on their way to this Elm*. _niNBURCII: SEPT. 6: On .Mondak the -lirek Gin !rig, Lientrnnt ' MAysoN VVniGEiT, arrived in Len Li, 40 Ick, and sailed again ) este! day Jour Ya tno iris ; thellart. :moray, liar, ,of . ,.Knipti ins:it, a I ,rize to. the Royal George and, E4ciit• tot.ers.. On Thursday arrived in Leith, the Lady 1: 9 1 hes,. gico fl ituND, and Lxpedition, Dan,frk)ln ,• , Thnpday, arrived ~at Leith, the .Childers Sic ,p War, kt itn a Convoy from • Gottenhurgh,. ..The ; Childers gave chace three Danish Private, ! r s , o ff. the: Isi.ind,.of Lessoe, hut : having.got into less than • three ~thorn, water, an.i the convoy at a cOrnider able d i stance, she w ' a ., o ok. sec i to . slue hp the chime, though noi hetore,the hatt,.ries frinn the . shor2 had opened a fire upon her, from flOLVeyel', received no :damag6.,,.- FRASEaSBUTyI, AUG. 9.4.—This day AVtI.I.IAI: BLACKFILL,.N.Iastpr of the Bridpo!i,ot inverne•s, a i . .7peared beforel33:lie KELmalq, aod,r,cpf,riti(l,- that yesterday morning he w I:'i c ent'l; or I ), 1 : Luggers, about thirty miles.S.: E. livtri Head; sometimes lyingto r and 'sonietimes Powing, until the afternoon, when he saw theA give th.iCe • to a- Sloop, and continued ..to long 133 ICO could see them..- That this morning, 14 saw them lying with *it' sails down, about 'twenty miles from Kinnaird's Head. The - Hamburg': Correspt:nderiten; has at lenTth ventured to mention.the affairs of. Spain, and in an article dated from Paris, to observe, that although " the sudden energy of the Frenth army has sue.; ceeded in quelling the insurrethon in the Wes‘ern and Northern parts of the Empire, yet that; from • motives., of huthanity, and commiseration ;ter the momentary pain of mistaken friends, they, had nor ' penetrated into those distrids in the South and North-west not previously occupied, depending ra, ther for the restoration of order to the - impressive and grand speaacle of their new King seated amongst them, and surrounded by the most eminent and vir-. tunas of his people, than ,to . a painful appeal to Mi.- litary ,article, however, adds—. " Meanwhile there is no ad - Ace of Inc fate of, the city of Saragossa, invested by a part of ; the eorpi.of Marshal .MoscEY..". . Last week, while excavating the extensive reser voir for. the Colchester . Water-works, in Balcon rane, close'to the town walls, t:he workmen in with the remains of some.spacious' Roman J)aths, and earthen pipes of peculik coustruClion for The . letting in and out of the Water,.w-ith. a quintity RoMan pottery, some of which _appear to have been.. vessels for heating fluids, others for holding wines,.: with specimen of - various formed Urns., \\that were -taken up perfecq are . iri the possession of Air. 7 Dobti . , the Engineer; but we are sorry to sitav they greater part . was mutilated by the pickaxes of workmen, as the - ground,in th tt prt was of <9 very „ dense quality,' and'unforttinately the workmen, be- 4 ingemployed by contract at so much per yard f,'ur excavating, had n 6 disposition to spend the neces sary • titue,in'iligging out with-care these ran- 'speili .•mens. of antiquity. It is almOst unnecessary to add, as it is known to e - yeryl; antiquarian ) , that Colchester was .one of the most eonsi!etable • and principal stations the Romans . had... when' in. this country. . . The enemy in Portugal have now been furnished. with the opportunity which they said they desired so ardently, but which we siksped they will not desire a second time—re We want to Iry these English in the field," said JusoT in one of his Pfoclamations:! His Wishes have been gratified—he has tried these Erig lish in the field, and , he, has found that they are the same as on the ocean ; that_ whether ashore or aft)at, they. are,a match for any force he can bring against them. It was yesterday reported that Vice-Admiral Puke, of the Swedish Navy, had come tb Long-reach ;: but the brave Admiral, we believe, has too good a stomach for fighting against the enemies of his coun try for this news to be true. Mrs. SIDDONS, we find, notwithstanding the great addition to her fortune, readily comi:s forward again to support the interests of a Theatre in which her brother has so large a share.. is probtble, however, that, though her talents retain their wonted force and splendour, she will take 11,:r fare well of public life, in the ensuing season. Since the arrival of the Prince of WALES and his suite. at the seat of the Marquis of HEwrFoan, the utmost gaiety has prevailed there. A series of enter tainments have been given in a style of almostmnri valled magnificence and taste. Seldom less than from twenty to thirty per Sons have, each / day, sat down to table. Coursing Ahd shooting occupies the attention of the visitors in the morning, and music or cards in the evening. ' On Monday last a labouring man at •Newlands, near Appleby, whilst in a violetit passion, aiming a blow at his Wife, struck a child in - her arms with such force, that by the severity of the stroke it died soon after; since which he has absconded. PUBLIC-OFFICE, HATTuN-GARDEN.—John Bow den, the diver of a caravan belonging to an eminent Wine-merchant in the City, was charged, at the in stance of the Proprietors of Hyde Park and Kensing ton Trusts,- witn violently assaulting and beating Richard Workman, one of their Collettors, and driving the horse and caravan over him, on his re turn from Oatlands. He was ordered by the Magis trates to find bail to take his at the Sessions ; but upon expressing his sorrow for the (4ence, the Pro prietors of the Gate relinquished any further pro secution, upon his making the Collector a pecuniary satisfaction. GUILDHALL.—A. Nahomedan, who vends rhu barb in the streets, named Abraham Betaley, was .committed for trial on a charge of sacrilege. He had secreted himself in St. Ann's Church, Alders gat e-street,and cn qutstianing him how be came there, he replied, that he fell asleep, and was locked in ; but there appearing something bulky about him, he was searched, and the Clergyman's surplice was found wrapped round him. MA RLBO ROUGII-STR EET.YesterdayßogerCroorne was charged with receiving a considerable quanti. of goods from Manchester, Birmingham, &C. under false pretences. It was sworn that the had obtained several articles of merchandize at a imrticu lar rate, and had sold some of them afterwards at an inferior price. The Magistrate, however; onierved, that the transaEtion had taken place in the City, that therefore it was out of his jurisdiaion.